We love the idea of making melted crayon art, but it always seemed too daunting and messy to undertake as a project. Well, that all changed for us when Crayola sent us their Crayola Crayon Melter to test out! It makes creating art with melted crayons sooooo easy and the results are simply stunning!
MATERIALS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS MELTED CRAYON ART PROJECT:
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- Crayola Crayon Melter
- Crayola crayons (the melted comes with some, but you will want more for refills). Also, be sure only to use Crayola crayons as we found when we tried a different brand they didn’t melt properly.
- Canvas (We used 11×14 but any size would work and smaller ones would make for a quicker turnaround time.)
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Tape
HOW TO MAKE MELTED CRAYON ART:
- Start by plugging in your Crayola Crayon Melter and allowing it to heat up.
- To make a heart print like ours, cut a heart shape out of construction paper. Any shape would work here like a circle, triangle or even something more complex like a unicorn.
- Tape the heart to the middle of the canvas. This will allow the area under the heart to remain white which really creates a dramatic effect when the rest of the canvas is filled with color.
- Peel all the paper off of your crayons and break them each into small pieces (about 4 pieces per crayon). This allows the color to change more quickly on the canvas. When we first started we were using whole crayons but found it took too long to move between colors.
- Load the crayon pieces into your Crayola Crayon Melter in the order you want them to come out the bottom. We did the rainbow colors in order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
- Wait about a minute or so and then take the Crayon Melter and test it on a scrap price of paper. If the color is right, start applying it to the canvas.
- We applied coloring in short back and forth motions about 1 inch long moving out from the heart and then back towards the heart.
- If the Melter stops working properly, rave a tissue or paper towel handy to wipe the end off. Then make sure it has enough crayon pieces inside and test it to see if it’s working again.
- Keep playing color to the canvas until you’ve filled in all the white space.
- Finally, remove the heart slowly and carefully from the center being sure not to pull off any melted crayon that may be stuck to it.
We made several of these and the results were just beautiful! These guys are definitely going up on the walls!
OTHER ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH THE CRAYOLA CRAYON MELTER:
The Crayola Crayon Melter can be used in so many ways! Here are a few other things we’ve done with it!
1. Draw letters and shapes on waxed paper. Wait a few seconds and once they dry they can be picked up to make 3-d letters and shapes!
2. Take a regular coloring book and use the Crayon Melter to draw over the lines in the book and make beautiful textural drawings!
3. Practice writing your name or sight words or math facts using the Crayola Crayon Melter! It makes all these important educational activities much more fun!
CRAYOLA CRAYON MELTER VIDEO
Check out the below video of Oliver making melted crayon art with the Crayola Crayon Melter in the below video:
In case you missed it above, you can get the Crayola Crayon Melter here: https://amzn.to/2TOwOfZ
And if you love the Crayola Crayon Melter as much as we do, they also have some fun additions you can get to enhance the original set:
- Crayola Pixel Art – Crayon Melter Expansion Set
- Crayola Silhouette Art Sticker Kit – Crayon Melter Expansion Set
MORE FUN ART PROJECTS
Check out some of our other fun art projects that are perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners or elementary age kids:
* Tie-dye Heart Process Art Activity
* Coffee Filter Heart Prints – Kids Valentine’s Day Craft * ages 3+
* String Painting Process Art Activity
